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...pilot of the Su-15 decides (or is told by ground control) that he needs to get closer to the target. He accelerates and gets within a little more than a mile of the jumbo jet, which remains oblivious to the danger. Simultaneously, he turns off his weapons' lock-on system so that he can reposition it properly later, when he is ready to fire. Once again, he reports to the ground that 007's strobe light is blinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightstalkers in the Pacific Sky | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...Narita airport to climb from an altitude of 33,000 ft. to 35,000 ft., and a climb speed is slower than a cruise speed. However, seconds later, Pilot 805 reports that the airliner is at an altitude of 10,000 km (33,000 ft.), indicating that either the Su-15's instruments were in error or 007 had not yet started its ascent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightstalkers in the Pacific Sky | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...result of 007's reduced speed, or his own miscalculation, Pilot 805 begins to overshoot the jetliner. Ground control apparently orders the Su-15 to remain behind it. The pilot is forced to drop back, grumbling at the lateness of the command. "It should have been earlier," he complains. "How can I chase it? I'm already abeam of the target . . . Now I have to fall back from the target." He confirms the airliner's position: 70° to his left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightstalkers in the Pacific Sky | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...pilot of the Su-15 announces his intention to down the passenger plane with an air-to-air missile. Meanwhile, the MiG-23, some 7 miles from the target, reports to ground control that he has both the Soviet hunter and its Korean prey squarely in his field of vision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightstalkers in the Pacific Sky | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...businesslike tone, Pilot 805 informs ground control that he has fired his missiles. The Su-15 fighters normally carry two: one heat seeking, the other radar homing. Two minutes later, the pilot assures the ground that he has "launched both." The heat-seeking missile would have headed for one of the 747's engines; the radar-homing one would have streaked toward the giant fuselage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightstalkers in the Pacific Sky | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

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